ᐅ Preliminary selection / Final selection / Initial consultation with the home builder
Created on: 12 Feb 2017 08:54
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Winniefred
Hello!
We are still in the early stages of planning our house. Yesterday, we had our first meeting with the prospective home builder. It went fairly well. We like the system they offer, and the price is still within a reasonable range (based on initial estimates^^).
However, the topic of preliminary selections came up. This builder is local, so their selection center is only about 45 minutes away. The advisor, however, firmly insisted that no home builder offers preliminary selections and that they don’t do it either (because then lots of people who aren’t even customers would walk through the selection center, etc.). Only after signing the contract. Even though I voiced my concerns, he was not willing to discuss it. That really upset me. Overall, the advisor seemed like a typical salesperson, in a negative way. He named a few extra costs from the list, for example for solar panels, etc. If I order a new car at a dealership, I don’t sign first and then find out what the standard features are and what the extras cost.
Since I’ve been reading this forum for some time, I know from a reliable source that many builders do offer preliminary selections. Should we now rather walk away from this builder? He pretty much lied to our face—who knows what else he might be hiding?
Of course, we will get several quotes from other builders; we’re not in a rush. We hope to build in 2019 if everything fits. But the system was really our favorite, and it still would be regardless of the advisor—if it weren’t for the issue of no preliminary selections.
What are your experiences? Who has bought without any preliminary selections? Is it maybe possible to skip this advisor and discuss it with someone else at the company?
I have serious concerns. In retrospect, we would have no “leverage,” no basis for negotiation, and probably who knows how high extra selection costs...
We are still in the early stages of planning our house. Yesterday, we had our first meeting with the prospective home builder. It went fairly well. We like the system they offer, and the price is still within a reasonable range (based on initial estimates^^).
However, the topic of preliminary selections came up. This builder is local, so their selection center is only about 45 minutes away. The advisor, however, firmly insisted that no home builder offers preliminary selections and that they don’t do it either (because then lots of people who aren’t even customers would walk through the selection center, etc.). Only after signing the contract. Even though I voiced my concerns, he was not willing to discuss it. That really upset me. Overall, the advisor seemed like a typical salesperson, in a negative way. He named a few extra costs from the list, for example for solar panels, etc. If I order a new car at a dealership, I don’t sign first and then find out what the standard features are and what the extras cost.
Since I’ve been reading this forum for some time, I know from a reliable source that many builders do offer preliminary selections. Should we now rather walk away from this builder? He pretty much lied to our face—who knows what else he might be hiding?
Of course, we will get several quotes from other builders; we’re not in a rush. We hope to build in 2019 if everything fits. But the system was really our favorite, and it still would be regardless of the advisor—if it weren’t for the issue of no preliminary selections.
What are your experiences? Who has bought without any preliminary selections? Is it maybe possible to skip this advisor and discuss it with someone else at the company?
I have serious concerns. In retrospect, we would have no “leverage,” no basis for negotiation, and probably who knows how high extra selection costs...
Don’t be too modest!
With a house without luxury, showiness, or bling, designed for down-to-earth, sensible people who don’t need to make four changes even to a simple order, you’ll find good options among the mentioned builders.
I wasn’t familiar with Finger before, but I knew Bien-Zenker and Schwörerhaus from earlier, and they are all quite similar to Rensch-Haus – it’s almost hard to tell them apart.
All the more, I really hope you find something on the aesthetic level that helps you make a decision. When selecting samples, it doesn’t have to be about price ranges.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
With a house without luxury, showiness, or bling, designed for down-to-earth, sensible people who don’t need to make four changes even to a simple order, you’ll find good options among the mentioned builders.
I wasn’t familiar with Finger before, but I knew Bien-Zenker and Schwörerhaus from earlier, and they are all quite similar to Rensch-Haus – it’s almost hard to tell them apart.
All the more, I really hope you find something on the aesthetic level that helps you make a decision. When selecting samples, it doesn’t have to be about price ranges.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Winniefred14 Mar 2017 21:54We have now had our discussions with Schwörerhaus, Bien-Zenker, and Finger. All of them offer preliminary sampling without any issues and actually encourage it. Personally, I preferred Rensch-Haus and Finger, while my husband favored Rensch-Haus and Bien-Zenker. However, we also had a positive feeling about Schwörerhaus.
In our case, it has now turned out that we will be purchasing an existing property, so the topic is no longer relevant for us.
In our case, it has now turned out that we will be purchasing an existing property, so the topic is no longer relevant for us.
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